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Our local public library, Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, MA, is holding its annual Local Author Book Fair. It speaks a lot about a community that takes the time to celebrate books and local authors. And it’s a fun community event where you can meet authors, discover new books for yourself or a friend and…

Holidays are around the corner. As thanks to our readers and fans, Inkspokes (the literacy e-zine I help edit) and I are joining with a group of KidLit creatives in holding a Holiday $500 Raffle Giveaway that will run from November 15. 2016 to December 15, 2016. One lucky participant will win an Amazon eGift card…

I met Mellisa Sherlin and Rona Gofstein, founders of the Writers Business School at a publishing conference organized by the Independent Publishers of New England. Mellisa and Rona are book whisperers of sorts. They teach authors the business of books and help them not so much to write them but to sell them. What is…

Little Katie Goes to the Moon by children’s author Carmela Dutra is part imaginative adventure and part science lesson. As little Katie and her puppy Smudge make their imaginative journey to be moon (donning their space suits, bunny-hopping on the lunar surface and feeling the rumble of moonquakes), the reader is treated to delectable bits of…

In May of this year, I had a chance to re-visit with author and illustrator Rob Bounds. He’s the author of a book titled Dandelion Blue that caught my eye both with its colorful panoply of budgerigars and a message that being different is not only okay but is sometimes that which saves us. He also taught…

Sometimes a change in perspective makes all the difference. That’s what happens in The Santa Switch by author Laura Lee Scott. This is Jessica Claus’ story, done in a fun, modern tale of adventure that also seeks to teach us something more. Something about understanding, caring and kindness. You can read my review of The…

Each year at Inskpokes, the indie literary e-zine that I help edit, we showcase interesting artists and illustrators. It’s one of the joys of being part of an indie community that has a bent toward children’s literature. You have the opportunity to peek over the writer-side of the fence every once in a while and…

This Monday will be February 29 and a leap day, that extra day in the year we’re given every four years or so (though not always). My author friend Carmela Dutra invited me to join a blog hop on what we might do with these “bonus” 24 hours. She compiled a wonderful list for what…